100 Fun Facts About Modern Pop Music

'Golden', a 2025 Hot 100 No. 1 that later won the Oscar for Best Original Song, comes from which animated film?

KPop Demon Hunters gave a late break to Ejae, who co-wrote 'Golden' and sings its lead. She had become a K-pop trainee in 2003 and was never picked to debut, and her song became the first K-pop track to win an Oscar.

Whose 2024 hit, built on J-Kwon's 'Tipsy', tied the Hot 100 record with 19 weeks at No. 1?

Shaboozey borrowed his hook from a song that never topped the chart itself: J-Kwon's 'Tipsy' stalled at No. 2 in 2004. 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' then spent 19 weeks at No. 1, level with 'Old Town Road'.

Wiz Khalifa's 2015 hit 'See You Again' was commissioned for Furious 7 as a tribute to which actor?

Paul Walker's tribute came quickly: Charlie Puth said he wrote the hook in about ten minutes, thinking of a college friend killed in a motorcycle accident, and assumed he would never hear of it again.

Which Glass Animals song reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 in March 2022 after a record 59-week climb?

Heat Waves was a slow burner. Released in June 2020, it spread through the FIFA 21 soundtrack, TikTok clips and a piece of Minecraft fan fiction set to it.

Which singer swept the Grammys' four main awards in January 2020 at 18, a feat only Christopher Cross had managed?

Billie Eilish made the winning album with her brother Finneas, who produced it in his small bedroom studio in Los Angeles. He left the ceremony with even more trophies than she did.

Whose 1988 hit, covered by Luke Combs in 2023, made her the first Black winner of the CMA Song of the Year?

Tracy Chapman joined Combs on stage at the 2024 Grammys to sing 'Fast Car'. His cover had topped country radio, making her the first Black woman to write a country No. 1 entirely on her own.

Which Disney film produced the first song from a Disney animation to top the Hot 100 since 1993?

Encanto's 'We Don't Talk About Bruno', written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, followed Aladdin's 'A Whole New World' as only the second chart-topper from a Disney animated film; Disney had already submitted 'Dos Oruguitas' for the Oscar.

Which song's video was the first on YouTube to pass three billion views, in August 2017?

Despacito's video went on to be the first to reach four, five and six billion views as well, and the April 2017 Justin Bieber remix carried the song to 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100.

Whose 2009 album I Dreamed a Dream sold 411,820 UK copies in week one, a record for a debut at the time?

Susan Boyle had not even won Britain's Got Talent that spring: she finished runner-up. Six months later her album outsold the rest of the UK top five put together in its first week.

Which ringtone character's 2005 'Axel F' cover outsold Coldplay four to one to reach UK No. 1?

Crazy Frog began as a Swedish teenager's impression of a two-stroke engine, recorded in 1997. An animator later built the character around the noise, and a ringtone company then sold it to the world.

Which Benson Boone single topped the charts in 19 countries in 2024 yet stalled at No. 2 in the US?

Beautiful Things made a star of a singer who had walked away from American Idol in 2021. He built his audience on TikTok instead, where he teased the song for weeks before it came out.

Which Kate Bush song hit UK No. 1 in 2022 via Stranger Things, 37 years after its release?

Running Up That Hill had a friend on set: Winona Ryder, a fan since childhood, said she had pushed for Bush's music to be used. At 63, Bush became the oldest woman to top the UK singles chart.

Which Lewis Capaldi ballad's video starred his distant cousin Peter Capaldi before it topped the Hot 100?

Someone You Loved has a video made with an organ donation charity: the actor plays a widower visiting the family of the woman who received his late wife's heart. Capaldi wrote the song about his grandmother.

Which Tones and I song, written while busking, broke the Australian record with 24 weeks at No. 1?

Dance Monkey is about her street audiences: passers-by who would shout 'again, again!' and 'more, more!' the moment she stopped playing. It also set a UK record for a female artist, with 11 weeks at No. 1.

Whose 'Call Me Maybe' took off after Justin Bieber tweeted it was 'possibly the catchiest song I've ever heard'?

Carly Rae Jepsen was signed by Scooter Braun to Schoolboy Records after Bieber and Selena Gomez tweeted about the song, which then spent nine straight weeks at No. 1 in 2012.

Which Mariah Carey single spent 14 weeks at No. 1 in 2005 and was named Billboard's song of the 2000s?

We Belong Together reversed a slump: Carey's film Glitter, its soundtrack and the album Charmbracelet had all disappointed. The single entered the Hot 100 at only No. 81 and climbed to the top.

Which Childish Gambino song, a No. 1 debut in 2018, was the first rap track to win Record of the Year?

This Is America won all four Grammys it was up for, and its maker collected none of them in person. Gambino skipped the ceremony, the first winner of a major award to be absent since Amy Winehouse in 2008.

Whose amapiano hit 'Water' won the first-ever Grammy for Best African Music Performance, in 2024?

Tyla's viral dance was choreographed for a different song. She insisted it would fit 'Water', added the move of pouring water down her back, and launched it as a TikTok challenge in July 2023.

Which Chainsmokers hit with Halsey, the first with Andrew Taggart on lead vocals, spent 12 weeks at No. 1?

Closer gained two extra writers in September 2016 when Isaac Slade and Joe King of The Fray were credited after comparisons with 'Over My Head (Cable Car)'.

Which Moulin Rouge! remake by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink hit No. 1 in 2001 on airplay alone?

Lady Marmalade had already been a No. 1 for Labelle in 1975, which made it only the ninth song to top the Hot 100 for two different acts. The remake got there without ever going on sale as a single.

Which Baauer track debuted at No. 1 in the first week Billboard counted YouTube views?

Harlem Shake had barely sold until a YouTube comedian opened a video with it and thousands of fans filmed their own. Billboard's chart director said the new YouTube rule just happened to arrive that week.

Which Hozier single gave him a first Hot 100 No. 1 in 2024, the first by an Irish act in 34 years?

Too Sweet was a leftover, one of four tracks cut from his third album and issued later on an EP. It passed the No. 2 peak of 'Take Me to Church' to make him the first Irish chart-topper since Sinéad O'Connor.

Which Meghan Trainor debut single's eight weeks at No. 1 were 2014's longest run by a female artist?

All About That Bass was written in about 40 minutes. When Trainor played it on a ukulele for the head of Epic Records, he signed her 20 minutes later and released her demo almost as it was.

Which Italian band won Eurovision 2021 with 'Zitti e buoni', then took 'Beggin'' into the US top 20?

Måneskin began as teenage buskers on Rome's Via del Corso and came only second on Italy's X Factor in 2017. 'Beggin'', their American hit, is a cover of a 1960s Four Seasons song.

Which Robin Thicke hit led to a $5.3 million verdict for copying Marvin Gaye's 'Got to Give It Up'?

Blurred Lines topped the Hot 100 for 12 straight weeks in 2013; the jury's original $7.4 million award was cut to $5.3 million and upheld on appeal in 2018.

Which Fun. song with Janelle Monáe won Song of the Year in 2013 after a Chevrolet Super Bowl ad?

We Are Young spent six straight weeks at No. 1 after the Glee cast's version charted and Chevrolet used the song in a Sonic commercial during Super Bowl XLVI.

Which Teddy Swims song hit No. 1 in its 32nd chart week and finished as Billboard's top single of 2024?

Lose Control is about love as an addiction, 'always chasing the highs from the lows', as Swims put it. Once it reached the top it would not leave, logging a record 112 weeks on the Hot 100.

Which Kesha debut single was the first Hot 100 No. 1 of the 2010s and spent nine weeks at the top?

Tik Tok opens with a true story: Kesha once woke up surrounded by 'beautiful women' and pictured P. Diddy doing the same. The rest, she said, came from stumbling home half-drunk after a night out.

Which Alex Warren ballad's 12 straight weeks at UK No. 1 in 2025 broke a 70-year-old record?

Ordinary came from a singer who started out filming prank videos and co-founding the TikTok collective the Hype House. The record, for an unbroken run at No. 1 by a US solo artist, was Slim Whitman's 11 weeks in 1955.

Which Sia song, rejected by Rihanna for her album Anti, became Sia's first Hot 100 No. 1 in 2016?

Cheap Thrills shared an album with another famous reject: its lead single, 'Alive', was written with Adele, who turned it down at the last minute. A remix with Sean Paul then carried this one to No. 1.

Which Lil Nas X single was promoted with MSCHF's 'Satan Shoes', each holding a drop of human blood?

Montero (Call Me by Your Name) debuted at the top of the Hot 100, and its video has Lil Nas X pole-dance down to Hell and give Satan a lap dance.

Which Macklemore & Ryan Lewis hit with Wanz topped the Hot 100 in 2013 on the duo's own independent label?

Thrift Shop spent six weeks at No. 1 and was hailed as the first independent chart-topper since Lisa Loeb's 'Stay' in 1994. The catch: a company owned by Warner Music handled its distribution.

Which Noah Kahan song grew from one viral TikTok verse into the UK's first No. 1 of 2024?

Stick Season is Vermont's name for the bare, grey weeks after the leaves fall and before the snow comes. Kahan has said the verse came out of a bout of insecurity, and its success pushed him to finish the song.

Which Ed Sheeran single did a judge clear in April 2022 of copying Sami Chokri's 2015 song 'Oh Why'?

Shape of You was written with Rihanna in mind, Sheeran has said, before he kept it for himself. The judge found he had 'neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied' the other song.

Whose 2012 song 'Cheerleader' took off in a Felix Jaehn remix and spent six weeks at US No. 1?

Omi came up with the melody in 2008 and did not release the song until 2012. It then took a German DJ's 2014 remix to turn the reggae tune into a No. 1 in 20 countries.

Which duo's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was only the second hip hop album to win Album of the Year?

Outkast made it as two solo records, Big Boi's Speakerboxxx and André 3000's The Love Below, which their label insisted on releasing together. 'Hey Ya!' then handed the No. 1 spot straight to 'The Way You Move'.

Jack Harlow's 'First Class', a No. 1 debut in 2022, heavily samples which Fergie hit?

Glamorous, which features Ludacris, supplies the hook of a track from Come Home the Kids Miss You whose teaser went viral on TikTok for its 'summery vibes'.

Which Eslabón Armado and Peso Pluma hit was the first regional Mexican song to top the Global 200?

Ella Baila Sola went viral from a short TikTok teaser days before it was released. It then became the first regional Mexican song to reach the Hot 100's top ten, climbing as high as No. 4.

Which Kelly Clarkson hit did Hilary Duff's team reject because its higher notes were beyond her range?

Since U Been Gone had already been turned down once: its writers had Pink in mind, and she said no. Clarkson got it only after her label boss, Clive Davis, talked them into handing it over.

Which electro-pop duo pairs a son and a grandson of Motown founder Berry Gordy?

LMFAO were going to use another name, a boast about two sexy dudes. Redfoo has said that when they typed it to a grandmother in an online chat, she replied 'LMFAO', and they kept her answer.

Which singer, who left Polydor over a shelved debut album, won six Brit Awards in one night in 2024?

Raye's six wins were the most any artist had taken at a single Brit Awards, and they followed 'Escapism', her first UK No. 1, released after she went independent.

Which Sam Smith song won Song of the Year in 2015 after Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne were added as co-writers?

Stay with Me was settled with Petty's publisher for a 12.5% songwriting credit over its likeness to 'I Won't Back Down', and also won Record of the Year.

Which Danger Mouse and CeeLo Green duo scored the first UK No. 1 earned on downloads alone, in 2006?

Gnarls Barkley and their label later pulled the physical single from UK shops after its long run on top so people would 'remember the song fondly and not get sick of it'.

Who won Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys, the first British winner since Dua Lipa in 2019?

Olivia Dean's middle name is Lauryn, chosen by a mother who loved Lauryn Hill. Hill had won the very same Grammy in 1999, a few weeks before Dean was born.

Who became the first openly transgender artist to win a major-category Grammy, for 'Unholy' with Sam Smith?

Kim Petras has said her early search for a record deal was blocked by label staff who refused to work with a transgender act, so she started her own imprint. 'Unholy' later topped the Hot 100 too.

Which Japanese musician's 1970s solo album, heard by Harry Styles in Japan, inspired the title Harry's House?

Haruomi Hosono recorded Hosono House in 1973 at the home he was living in, which gave the album its name. Joni Mitchell, who has a 1975 track called 'Harry's House / Centerpiece', tweeted that she loved Styles's title.

Which rapper headlined Glastonbury 2019 wearing a Union Jack stab vest designed by Banksy?

Stormzy's vest was read as a comment on knife crime in Britain's cities. He was the first British rap act to headline the festival.

Which Avicii hit, sung by an uncredited Aloe Blacc, split Ultra 2013 fans when premiered with a live band?

Wake Me Up had music by Avicii and Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and words by Aloe Blacc. The song that divided its first festival crowd entered the UK chart at No. 1 that July and had sold a million copies there by October.

Which Killers debut single recounts Brandon Flowers finding his girlfriend cheating in a Las Vegas bar?

Mr. Brightside peaked at only No. 10, then refused to go away. It has spent more than 500 weeks in the UK Top 100, about ten years in all and the longest run of any single.

Which Dido song from the Sliding Doors credits had its opening verse sampled in Eminem's 'Stan'?

Thank You had been out for two years when Eminem looped its opening verse. The sample helped carry both the original and Dido's debut album, No Angel, into the mainstream.

'Gangnam Style', the first YouTube video to reach a billion views, is named after a wealthy district of which city?

Seoul's Gangnam district stands for a nouveau riche lifestyle, which Psy sends up by riding an invisible horse through a yoga class, a hot tub and a stable.

Which singer's 2004 Super Bowl halftime show with Justin Timberlake gave rise to the phrase 'wardrobe malfunction'?

Janet Jackson became the most-searched person of both 2004 and 2005 after the incident, which also brought a string of fines from the US broadcast regulator.

Which rapper took the microphone from Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs to praise the 'Single Ladies' video?

Kanye West cut into her acceptance speech for Best Female Video to insist that Beyoncé had made one of the best videos of all time.

On which TV talent show were five solo auditionees combined to form One Direction in 2010?

The X Factor judges saw Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson each fail as soloists at bootcamp, then entered them together in the Groups category.

Which Colombian singer recorded 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)', the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup?

Shakira borrowed its chorus from 'Zangaléwa', a 1986 hit by the Cameroonian band Golden Sounds that she had heard as a child in Colombia.

Which singer's 'Skyfall' was the first James Bond theme to win the Oscar for Best Original Song?

Adele said the first draft took 10 minutes to write, and no Bond theme had even been nominated since 'For Your Eyes Only' in 1981.

Which actor directed A Star Is Born and sang its Oscar-winning duet 'Shallow' with Lady Gaga?

Bradley Cooper scored his first Hot 100 No. 1 when the duet surged to the top a week after the pair performed it at the Academy Awards.

Which French duo, known for performing in robot helmets, won Album of the Year in 2014 for Random Access Memories?

Daft Punk kept their faces hidden from 1999 onward: Thomas Bangalter took a silver helmet and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo a gold one.

Which British singer won five Grammys in 2008 while performing by satellite from London after a visa delay?

Amy Winehouse sang 'Rehab' from a London studio at 3 a.m. UK time, because her US visa approval had not come through in time for the Los Angeles ceremony.

Which Taylor Swift live show, spanning all her albums, became the first in history to gross more than $2 billion?

The Eras Tour was also the first to pass $1 billion, and its spin-off film became the highest-grossing concert film in history.

Ariana Grande first found fame playing Cat Valentine on which Nickelodeon sitcom about a performing arts school?

Victorious gave Grande a second Nickelodeon series too: the spin-off Sam & Cat paired her character with Sam Puckett from iCarly.

Which Swedish streaming service, conceived as a legal alternative to music piracy, launched in Europe in October 2008?

Spotify was founded in Stockholm in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, but it did not reach the United States until July 2011.

Which group became the first all-South Korean act to top the Hot 100, with the English-language single 'Dynamite'?

BTS debuted at No. 1 with it in 2020, and the single went on to earn the first Grammy nomination ever given to a K-pop act.

Which Canadian singer's 2002 debut album Let Go featured the hits 'Complicated' and 'Sk8er Boi'?

Avril Lavigne won over her doubtful label only when a May 2001 trip to Los Angeles produced 'Complicated' with the Matrix production team.

Pharrell Williams wrote the worldwide hit 'Happy' for the soundtrack of which animated film?

Despicable Me 2 got the song after Pharrell first wrote it for CeeLo Green, whose label passed on it. The single arrived with a 24-hour-long music video.

Which former star of Disney Channel's Girl Meets World scored a worldwide 2024 hit with 'Espresso'?

Sabrina Carpenter played Maya Hart on the show from 2014 to 2017, and a decade later 'Please Please Please' gave her a first Hot 100 No. 1.

Which Beyoncé album made her the first Black woman since Lauryn Hill to win the Grammy for Album of the Year?

Cowboy Carter also made Beyoncé the first Black artist to win Best Country Album, years after she sang her first country song, 'Daddy Lessons', at the CMA Awards.

Which singer performs the chorus of Jay-Z's 2009 New York anthem 'Empire State of Mind'?

Alicia Keys was suggested by Angela Hunte, who co-wrote the original version while feeling homesick for New York during a trip to London.

Which group held the Hot 100's top spot for 26 straight weeks in 2009 with 'Boom Boom Pow' and 'I Gotta Feeling'?

Black Eyed Peas replaced themselves at the summit: 'I Gotta Feeling' debuted at No. 2 behind 'Boom Boom Pow' and then overtook it.

Before rap stardom, Drake played basketball star Jimmy Brooks on which Canadian teen drama series?

Degrassi: The Next Generation made him famous first as an actor, playing a student left physically disabled after a classmate shoots him.

Which single by the Weeknd was named the top Hot 100 song of all time in 2021, displacing 'The Twist'?

Blinding Lights stayed on the chart for 90 weeks, and its video has the singer speeding through a city after being beaten up by bouncers.

Which Mark Ronson single featuring Bruno Mars topped the Hot 100 for 14 straight weeks in 2015?

Uptown Funk later gained extra credited writers, the Gap Band among them, because it echoed their 1979 track 'Oops Up Side Your Head'.

Which New Zealand singer was 16 when 'Royals' began a nine-week run at No. 1 on the Hot 100?

Lorde was the youngest artist to top the US chart since Tiffany in 1987; a label scout had spotted her at 12 in footage of a school talent show.

Which Belgian-born Australian singer had a worldwide hit with 'Somebody That I Used to Know', featuring Kimbra?

Gotye, born Wouter De Backer, first tried recording the female part with his girlfriend, then took his sound engineer's advice and used Kimbra's vocals.

Which singer won her first Grammys in 2024 when her single 'Flowers' took Record of the Year?

Miley Cyrus, once Disney's Hannah Montana, released it on the birthday of her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth, which fed talk that it was aimed at him.

Which Rihanna single featuring Jay-Z spent ten straight weeks at No. 1 in the UK in summer 2007?

Umbrella was written with Britney Spears in mind, and its long UK run coincided with weeks of heavy rain and flooding.

Which Britney Spears single, built on strings sampled from a 1981 Bollywood film song, won her only Grammy?

Toxic takes its high-pitched string hook from 'Tere Mere Beech Mein', a Laxmikant–Pyarelal number from the film Ek Duuje Ke Liye.

Which Coldplay single, their first to top both the US and UK charts, won Song of the Year at the 2009 Grammys?

Viva la Vida takes its title from Frida Kahlo's final painting, where the words are inscribed on a watermelon; Chris Martin saw it at her museum in Mexico.

Which rapper's album DAMN. was the first work outside classical and jazz to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?

Kendrick Lamar made more history in 2025, when his diss track 'Not Like Us' won all five of its Grammy nominations, Record and Song of the Year included.

Which Dua Lipa single was Billboard's top Hot 100 song of 2021 despite never reaching No. 1?

Levitating was only the fourth single to top the year-end list without a week at No. 1, and the first since Lifehouse's 'Hanging by a Moment' in 2001.

Which Missouri-born singer of 'Pink Pony Club' won Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammys?

Chappell Roan, born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, was dropped by her label in 2020 and worked at a drive-through back home while she kept writing songs.

Which Charli XCX album, with its plain lime-green cover, gave Collins Dictionary its word of the year for 2024?

Brat took five months to design despite its simple look: Charli XCX wanted an off-trend, even offensive shade of green that suggested something was wrong.

Which Puerto Rican star's Debí Tirar Más Fotos was the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year?

Bad Bunny had already made Grammy history when Un Verano Sin Ti became the first Spanish-language album even to be nominated for the top prize.

Which flute-playing singer's 'Truth Hurts' reached No. 1 in 2019, two years after its first release?

Lizzo studied classical flute at the University of Houston, and the 2017 single became a sleeper hit only after it featured in a Netflix film.

Which R&B star formed the venture RBMG with manager Scooter Braun to sign the teenage Justin Bieber?

Usher reportedly won out over Justin Timberlake, who was also said to be keen to sign the Canadian teenager.

Which singer, born Elizabeth Grant, broke through in 2011 with a self-made video for 'Video Games'?

Lana Del Rey cut the clip from vintage footage and webcam shots of herself singing, and its viral spread won her a record deal.

Which singer's Teenage Dream was the first album by a woman to send five singles to No. 1 on the Hot 100?

Katy Perry matched a feat managed only once before, by the 1987 album Bad, with 'California Gurls', the title track, 'Firework', 'E.T.' and 'Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)'.

Which daughter of sitar master Ravi Shankar won five Grammys in 2003 for her debut album Come Away with Me?

Norah Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar in Manhattan, and her haul included Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.

Which Australian singer's 2001 single 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' reached No. 1 in 40 countries?

Kylie Minogue got the song only after its writers, Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis, had offered it without success to S Club 7 and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Which rapper's debut album Invasion of Privacy was the first by a solo woman to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album?

Cardi B also became the first female rapper to top the Hot 100 more than once, thanks to the album's singles 'Bodak Yellow' and 'I Like It'.

Which band let fans name their own price to download the 2007 album In Rainbows?

Radiohead made the first pay-what-you-want release by a major act, sparking debate across the music industry, and never used the system again.

M.I.A.'s hit 'Paper Planes' is built on a sample of the 1982 track 'Straight to Hell' by which English rock band?

The Clash's members were all credited as co-writers as a result; producer Diplo had the idea of borrowing the riff.

Which band performed a routine across eight moving treadmills in the one-take video for 'Here It Goes Again'?

OK Go set the machines in two rows of four moving in opposite directions, and the clip became an early YouTube staple.

Which Gwen Stefani solo single, produced by the Neptunes, was the first download to sell a million copies in the US?

Hollaback Girl was written by Stefani with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, the pair behind the Neptunes, and reached No. 1 in the United States and Australia.

Which star became the first woman to have a No. 1 album and a No. 1 film in the US simultaneously?

Jennifer Lopez did it in January 2001 with her second album, J.Lo, and the romantic comedy The Wedding Planner, co-starring Matthew McConaughey.

Which Swedish singer became the first woman to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice, with 'Euphoria' and 'Tattoo'?

Loreen became only the second performer to win twice, after Ireland's Johnny Logan, and her 2023 victory gave Sweden its seventh title.

Which DJ's album 18 Months was the first in UK chart history to produce nine top-ten singles?

Calvin Harris, a Scottish producer, passed the record of seven set by the King of Pop, counting 'We Found Love', his collaboration with Rihanna.

Which TV musical comedy's cast passed Elvis Presley in 2011 for the most songs placed on the Hot 100?

Glee had already landed 25 singles on the chart in 2009, the most by any act in one year since the Beatles in 1964.

Which British singer's 'Bleeding Love', co-written by Jesse McCartney, was the world's best-selling single of 2008?

Leona Lewis took the song to No. 1 in more than 35 countries, with France, Germany, Japan and the United States among them.

Which Imagine Dragons song spent 87 weeks on the Hot 100, a longevity record that stood for over seven years?

Radioactive became a sleeper hit through heavy use in commercials and trailers, yet it never climbed higher than No. 3.